Pennsylvania oil man George Williams, backed by Cad McCall, drilled for oil intermittently from 1918 to 1922, beginning at Eagle Point 4.5 miles southeast. Leasing by individuals and major companies, including Phil Lesh, A.E. Humphrey, and the Texas Co., kept rigs working. Gas blew in at 800-foot depth on J.W. Maddox - J.E. Lemons land, with one well yielding over 100,000,000 cubic feet daily, and the gas was piped to Nocona and rural homes. Oil was discovered in 1922 on the Maddox site at about 1,000 feet, and production continued at 1,000 to 2,000 feet there and elsewhere. The gas also caused trouble: a capped well blew mud from prairie dog holes and gas from a water well a quarter-mile away. In 1925, a gas well on W.W. Jones land 2 miles west blew out a gigantic crater, and another well .75 miles west caught fire, burned its rig, and was finally doused by nationally famed oil well fire fighter Tex Thornton. With an estimated 100,000,000-barrel total on record, this 12,295-acre field still produces.